What Does A 200,000-Mile Truck Engine Like About Big Boost? NOTHING! Cleetus KILLS The Auction C6 Corvette!
Following the story of the “Auction C6” Corvette that Cleetus bought at the end of last year has been kind of fun, actually. What started out as a knee-jerk impulse buy that left a strong...
Photo Highlight Reel: Mike Brooks Picks His Favorite Photos From The Year That Was
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – Mike Brooks is one of BangShit’s most stalwart contributors. He and his Cadillac 500 powered C10 really get around during the season and when it is snowing and...
Best of 2019: Watch The Awesome ‘Ole Tater Hauler 1951 GMC Wheelstander Make A Wheels Up Rip At The Dragstrip
There are some things that are better left unchanged. Your grandmother’s recipe for mashed potatoes that requires three pounds of butter, and original hemi engine inside a 1960s muscle car, and...
Worst of ’18: England’s Shakespeare County Raceway To Be Razed For Housing Development
(Photos by Osmond Maguire) – For more than four decades, Shakespeare County Raceway has provided a facility and a racing surface for drag racers looking to have some fun and test their mettle....
Best of 2018: James Brolin Racing An AMC Spirit AMX At The 24 Hours of Nurburgring In 1979
Two AMC Spirit AMXs on the starting grid of the 1979 24 Hours of Nurburgring in the Group One class. Six drivers would run the two AMXs: Gary Witzenburg, a journalist; James Brolin, an...
Best of ’18: Watch Conway Witten’s Incredible Comp Eliminator Crash From Topeka 1993
While we have been telling you about some of the crazy things that happened at Topeka in 1993 because of the fact that the NHRA tour is racing there this weekend, there’s one story that’s...
Concentrated Formula: This Motorcycle-Engined Power Wheels Mustang Will Kill You Twice As Fast!
Let’s talk for a second about the reputation that Ford Mustangs, especially 2005-newer ones, have built up thanks to morons behind the wheel. We now have “INSERT CROWD HERE”...
Best of 2018: “Jesus Built My Hotrod” by Burn The Priest (2018)
Let’s start off right: no, this isn’t Ministry. The original 1991 song that is a staple of many, many playlists was Ministry’s biggest and probably most well-known song, but it was...
Remembering 2018 – Francois Gissy, The Frenchman Known For His Incredible Homebuilt Rockets Has Died
It was a note from BangShift contributor Benoit Pigeon and the comments on a video I posted yesterday that floored me. Francois Gissy, the Frenchman who built a series of incredible rocket powered...
Best of 2018: 2018 Kia Stinger GT AWD – The Jokes Stop Here
Got any good Kia jokes? Yeah, I bet you do. You probably have a good horror story or two, or maybe you just have the acronyms lined up and waiting (“Keep it, asshole”). Or maybe you just...
Best of 2018: This Drift-Build Dodge Charger Is A Mutt Of American And German Engineering!
Stereotypes are rooted in truths. The stereotype of a Mopar fan is rooted in tradition, perfection, and an absolute abhorrence for any deviation from “as it was”, whether that was...
Best of 2018: This 1984 Oldsmobile Toronado Car Hauler Is Ready To Carry Your Race Car!
The one positive thing we can think of about a front-wheel-drive automobile is that the powertrain is one complete and neat package. Engine, gearbox, and drive axles all combine into one...
Best of 2018: How About A Coyote-Powered, RWD Ford Fusion?
The phrase I use to describe stories like the one I put up recently about the possibility of a four-door Ford Mustang is “smacking the hornet’s nest”. It’s not a good...
